Albert schuneman and theodore schuneman



N unida gaat parte. aan.

ALBERT SCHUNEMAN AND TIIEoDonE scHUNEMAN, or DETROIT,

" y MICHIGAN.. p y j i Letters Pate/nt No. 95,272, dated September 28,1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! thesame.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, ALBERT SCHUNEMAN andTnEoDoRn SCHUNEMAN, of the city `of Detroit,\in the county of Wayne, andState of Michigan, have `invented a new andnseful machine for cuttingplugtobacco, called The Improved Plug-'Tobacco Glitter' and wedo herebydeclare that the following is a full, clearfand exact description of theconstruction and operation'of the same, reference being had to theannexed' drawings, making a part of this specification,

y in v,which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view,

Figure 2 represents the cylinders G C, the adjustable bar D, the knifeE, and the axle Gr.

Figure 3 represents the inside end of the cylinders C C, the end-of theadjustable bar D, the end of the knife E, and 'the end o'thexedbai I; v

Figure 4 represents a side view of thetuh'e B, the aperture at thebottom, and the feed-box F. ,l

. -Figure 5 represents a view of the tube B in a perpendicular position,showing the aperture in the bottom, and also of the aperture by whichthe'feed-box F connects with the inner chamber of said tube.

Figure 6 shows a sectional end view of the ltube B,

-the feed-box F, the upper aperture L, and the lower aperture M.

This machine consists of the horizontal cyliudrica tube B,A supportedby` the standards A A, as in fig. l. Within this tube are the twocylinders G C, iig. 2, in circumference corrcsponding'with thecircumference of the inner chamber of said tube, and located, one ateach end of said chamber, occupying the spaces bctween the feed-box F,g. 1, and the ends of the tube. These cylinders are connected, first, bythe fixed triangular bar I, fig. 3, which is fastened in grooves cut inthe concave surface of the cylinders; second, by the horizontaldouble-edged knife E, iig. 2, fastened by screws into grooves cut in thecylinders; third, by the 'gauge-bar D, fig. 2, running parallel with theknife, having a bevelled edge toward the knife. Y

This bar is adjustable on planes wrought in said cylinders, by means ofa latitudinal mortise cut through each end of such bar, through whichthe screws K K are inserted into the cylinders, enabling the operator ofthe machine to movethe bar to or from the knife at pleasure. i i

From one of the cylinders C 0,'tlie axle G, fig. 2, projects outwardthroughand beyond one of the `standards to which the lever H H, iig. 1,is attached, by the use of which `lever lthe cylinders G C, fig. 2,

The Object of the lllaclnue, and the ode of Us'izg the Same.

Its object is twofold-z First, to cut plug-tobacco into sections.

To do this, take the plug of tobacco in the left hand and the lever H,fig. l,.iu the right; pass the plug down through the feed-box F, fig. l,and between the knife VE and' theixed bar I, the ends of which are shownin lig. 3, until the desired point of severance is between the knife andthe edge of the aperture in the tube at thebottom ofthe feed-trough;then, with the 1-ighthand, raise the lever, and, by so doing, the edgeof the knife is brought against the tobacco and severs it. Second, tocutplug-tobacco into small particles to any required degree of neness.

To do this, adjust the bar D, iig. 2, according to thel.degree of nenessto which it is desired to cut the tobacco by moving it toward the knife,when the object is to cut the tobacco linenaud from the knife when aeoarser kind is required; then, holding the le'ver perpendicularly, passthe tobacco down through the feedbox F, and press it against the bevelled edge of the bar D, which is shown in lig. 2; then move the leverrapidly first from, then toward the operator.

I mentors Claims.

We claiml. The metallic hollow tube B and the metal cylinders G C,connected by the knife E aud adjustable bar D, the same beingconstructed and arranged together in the manner and for the purposes setforth and described.

2. The application of the lever-power to the semirotary movement of theknife within the inner chamber, in the manner and for the purposes setforth.

ALBER'I.` SGHUNEMAN. THEODORE SOHUNEMAN.

Witnesses:

J No.`W. MACGRATH, EDWIN O.HINsDALE. .n

